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TIL that most Native Americans died because of Eurasian Germs like Smallpox, not because of European military success in the New World

by whatilearned July 4, 2022, 4:36 pm

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TIL that the freed Africans Americans who were resettled in Liberia ended up oppressing the native Liberians in the same way that they were mistreated in the USA, including by establishing plantations

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 3:31 am

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Last World War II Medal of Honor recipient, West Virginia native Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams dies at 98

by HistoryBuff June 29, 2022, 8:02 pm

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What are likely outcomes if Native Americans choose to open abortion clinics on a reservation land?

by QuestionGuy June 25, 2022, 6:22 pm

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TIL many Native American tribes used fire for thousands of years to manage forest brush for small game hunting as well as creating grasslands for big game to be hunted. This resulted in many species of plants, animals, and fungi to become extinct as the forest became a fire-adapted ecosystem.

by whatilearned June 22, 2022, 12:25 am

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TIL that San Diego County is home to 18 Native American tribal reservations, the most of any county in the United States.

by whatilearned June 11, 2022, 2:15 am

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A redneck is hiking through the woods with two Native Americans

by cringeyjokesman June 8, 2022, 5:39 am

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TIL Madagascar was settled by a small population of no more than 30 women. These 30 women are the ancestors of all native Malagasy today

by whatilearned June 5, 2022, 6:08 am

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TIL about Kill Haole Day, a day where Native Hawaiians harass non-native Hawaiians

by whatilearned June 4, 2022, 5:15 am

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TIL The iconic Princess Leia buns are inspired by an indigenous Mexican and Native American Hopi Tribe hairstyle called Squash Blossom, made famous by freedom fighter Clara De La Rocha, a Colonel in the Mexican Revolution.

by whatilearned June 1, 2022, 5:19 pm

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TIL: Native North American earthworms disappeared more than 10,000 years ago, when glaciers from a Pleistocene ice age wiped them out. New earthworms began entering North America as early as the 1600s, with the first European settlers. They crossed over in root balls or the dry ballast of ships.

by whatilearned May 30, 2022, 11:06 pm

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TIL the North American Gray Squirrel is considered an invasive species in Britain as the squirrels carry a squirrel pox that is deadly for the Red Squirrels native to Britain. The Gray Squirrel also eats seven times as much food as the Red Squirrels, crowding out any who survive the squirrel pox.

by whatilearned May 29, 2022, 10:07 pm

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